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Related / Similar Words: surprisal, storm

 

Definition:
  • the act of surprising someone;
  • a sudden unexpected event;
  • the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you;
  • cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me";
  • attack by storm; attack suddenly;
  • come upon or take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene";

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    Hyponyms: bombshell, thunderbolt, thunderclap, coup de theatre, eye opener, peripeteia, peripetia, peripety, shock, blow, stunner, amaze, astonish, astound, explode a bombshell, catch, flabbergast, boggle, bowl over, stun, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback, blindside

     

    Derivational Morphology: storm, surprisal, surpriser

     

    Language Translations:
    Chinese: 吃驚   Danish: overraske and overraskelse  
    Dutch: verbazen and verrassing and verrassings-   Finnish: hämmästys and yllättää and yllätys  
    French: étonner and inattendu and surprise   German: Überraschung and Überraschungs- ''e. g. Überraschungsangriff'' and überraschen  
    Greek: έκπληξη and αιφνιδιασμός   Hungarian: ámulat and meglepetés and meglepetésszerű and meglepni  
    Italian: sorprendere and sorpresa   Japanese: 驚かす  
    Korean: 놀라게 하다   Norwegian: overraske and overraskelse and overraskning  
    Polish: dziwić and niespodzianka   Portuguese: surpreender and surpresa  
    Russian: внезапный and сюрприз and удивление and удивлять   Slovene: presenetiti and presenečenje  
    Spanish: sorprender and sorpresa   Swedish: överraska and överraskning  
    Telugu: ఆశ్చర్యపరచు  
     
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